Charles Chester Reid (June 15, 1868 – May 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1901 to 1911.

Charles C. Reid
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byWilliam L. Terry
Succeeded byJohn Sebastian Little
Personal details
Born
Charles Chester Reid

(1868-06-15)June 15, 1868
Clarksville, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 1922(1922-05-20) (aged 53)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting placeOakland Cemetery, Arkansas
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Vanderbilt University
OccupationAttorney

Early life and career

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Born in Clarksville, Arkansas, Reid attended the public schools and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1883–1885. He was graduated from the law department of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1887.

He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Morrilton, Arkansas. He served as prosecuting attorney of Conway County from 1894 to 1898. In 1898 he voluntarily retired from office and resumed the practice of law.

Congress

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Reid was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911).[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

Later career and death

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He again engaged in the practice of his profession in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he died on May 20, 1922.

He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2023.


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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 4th congressional district

March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 5th congressional district

March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911
Succeeded by